Unknown Tourist Spots

 Relatively unknown ones I have been to- 

Rajanahalli and Kondajji, near Harihar, Karnataka, where I lived from 1995 till 2001. 

Lonar meteorite created Crater lake. Buldana district, Maharashtra.

Raneh falls, near Khajuraho in M.P. Had never even heard of them before.

Kinnersani, because we lived in Kothagudem nearby and used to go picnicking with our club. A riverside resort.

Jorhat, the Memorial for the Ahom King- forget the name, but it's impressive.

Chikmagalur..it's beautiful, and under-rated. The lake there too.. Hirekerur, I think.

Brittany region in France. We went to a Fort on the Sea Coast, Mt. St. Michael, which is magnificient.

Any corner of Greece, it's historic.

Small parks in South Carolina.

Kuldhara, ghost town near Jaisalmer.

Bhimtal, lesser know cousin of Nainital.

Phone Etiquette for Calling Me

The rules are fairly simple. I won't need to write a book about these.

1. If I don't know you, don't call.

2. If you do, don't expect me to pick up. I won't.

3. Message me what you want to talk about first, if you want me to even care.

4. I am not here to answer calls from people whom I don't want to talk to, but who want to talk to me.

5. There is always email. Which I may reply to.

6. Go to Rule 1.

That's it. Simple, ain't it?

Abbreviate to Confuse

Your ability to confuse is a potent measure of your cleverness. With this in view, people make and use abbreviations or acronyms which have to be explained. But this strategy doesn't always work. So let's take a look at some acronyms, well-known and well, unknown.

aka - Also known as

PYT- Pretty young thing, as in those strewn around TV channels, and the hospitality industry. Their strong point is usually prettiness, and not much else.

KYC- Assumptions by the banking regulator (correct ones) that the banks don't know who is parking money with them led to this. Know Your Customer norm. As per this norm, you are a racketeer unless you can prove otherwise, and not privileged to open a bank account. At the rate at which banks are failing worldwide, it appears to be a racket itself. So it's even Stevens.

Lol- A well known one on Facebook etc., its exact full form is probably Laugh out loud, but it gets mistaken for Lots of love by some, leading to false hopes!

ROFL- Not recommended, unless the floor is clean. What with viruses and bacteria on the prowl, and medical aid costing what it does. Rolling on the Floor, in case you haven't heard it before.

Dodo- This is not an acronym, but is used to describe someone incapable of figuring out an acronym even after you explain it to him.

WYSIWYG- It's a geek special, might mean What you see is what you get. A similar one, GIGO, meaning Garbage in Garbage out, is so obvious that it has been consigned to the garbage bin.